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Pharmacy deserts appear across U.S. as drug stores closures spread

Pharmacy deserts appear across U.S. as drug stores closures spread

A shuttered Rite Aid store in New Lebanon, Ohio. Kevin Williams New Lebanon, Ohio, population 3,756, has three dollar stores, a Groceryland grocery store, a few fast-food restaurants, a public library branch, and a spirit-filled school system. What it doesn’t have is a pharmacy. As part of Rite Aid’s bankruptcy filing in October 2023, the chain announced … Read more

Poliovirus diagnosed in toddler from Balochistan

Poliovirus diagnosed in toddler from Balochistan

A boy receives polio vaccine drops during an anti-polio campaign in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, on April 9, 2018. — Reuters QUETTA: An 18-month-old toddler from Balochistan’s Qilla Abdullah district was Tuesday diagnosed with poliovirus, the provincial health department told Geo News. According to the Balochistan’s health department, this is the fifth poliovirus case … Read more

Karachi reports 150 heatstroke cases in 2 days amid scorching summer

Karachi reports 150 heatstroke cases in 2 days amid scorching summer

Paramedical staff giving medical treatment to the affected people of heatwave at a hospital in Karachi in this photo taken on May 23, 2024. — Online KARACHI: Amid extremely hot and humid weather with mercury exceeding 40°C, a large number of heatstroke patients have been taken to Civil Hospital, Karachi, during the last two days. … Read more

Heart attack and stroke risk may rise after COVID infection, study finds

Heart attack and stroke risk may rise after COVID infection, study finds

A prior COVID infection could make you more susceptible to heart attack, stroke or death, according to a new study from Cleveland Clinic and the University of Southern California. The risk of a major cardiac event doubled for the three-year period following a positive COVID test, researchers found — even for those with no history … Read more